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We can't go on like this...
General tax...
The name is Bond
Blessed are the givers
Excuses, excuses
PAYE the penalty
Silver and gold
Moving goalposts
Doctor, doctor...
Something phishy
Pension problems
Tax dot com
Unpleasant discoveries
Fair's fair (at last)
Chartered taxpayers
This year, next year
VAT...
Focus your mind
Flat rates aren't flat
Reverse the charges
Flapjack flash
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A lofty idea
Law items...
I want my lawyer
Not on my holiday
A grey area
No difference
| There's an old joke about the worker who refused to go to the toilet during his lunch hour because he was allowed to have a break from work for the purpose. What about someone who is on sick leave when they have booked annual holiday? The European Court has recently looked at the case of a Spanish worker who was injured at work shortly before he was due to take his leave entitlement, so he was incapacitated for most of his holiday. He asked to have the holiday at a later date instead, and the employer refused. The Court ruled that he should have been allowed to have a holiday as well as sick leave. That may seem fair if he was injured at work, but what about a worker who is injured in the first week of a two-week break? Can they claim another week later? What if the illness is nothing to do with work? The law is unclear, and employers may need to think through their sickness and absence policies to see how they would deal with someone making this sort of claim. |
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